Olympic boxer Paddy Barnes traded the boxing ring for a trek yesterday as he pushed Dermot Devlin in his wheelchair for five miles for charity.

The pair were raising money for the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund by taking part in a 5-mile challenge in Greencastle, Co Tyrone

Dermot is wheelchair-bound and through this website , he provides details on businesses and how suitable they are for clientele who have a disability.

The pair came together yesterday for the challenge in Greencastle, Co Tyrone.

Paddy and Dermot made a great pairing

Dermot tweeted after:

Posting on his website prior, Dermot explained that the first run was organised back in 1986 by Oliver McCullagh for the MPS Society .

He added: "This is a charity that I belong to that raises money for Mucopolysaccharides Diseases, of which I have Morquio."

One of the charities that they were fundraising for this year was the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund (NIKRF).

He went on: "So thinking to myself, the battery in my wheelchair would never make it round the five mile mountainy roads in one piece and I wouldn’t be able to manually wheel myself around, I had to think outside the box. So I contacted Olympic and Commonwealth boxer Paddy Barnes and asked would he be up to the challenge to push me around the roads on ‘Boxing Day’. Immediately Paddy said yes, though queried if I would be too heavy…!"

He added: "I want to publicly thank Paddy for being just a good sport, especially over the Christmas holidays."

Dermot has already raised over £1,200 and donations to the charity can be made by clicking here.